Signature dishes include kebab, sea bass, calamari, beef tagine and couscous. Vegetarian options like harissa roasted aubergine and spanakopita – spinach pie – are also available.
For dessert, the restaurant offers specialities like baklava and Galaktoboureko custard pie.
Shop G09, DB Plaza, 1 Discovery Bay Road, Discovery Bay
2. Phillips Cafe
2/F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District, 8 Austin Road West, Kowloon
3. Ciclo
Newly opened in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island, Ciclo boasts an Italian fusion menu and cocktails.
On the fourth floor of Sharp East Street’s Oliv shopping centre, Ciclo offers dishes such as Hokkaido uni and lobster arancini and drunken crab pasta.
The cocktail collection features creations such as the Sake Sour and Genmaicha.
4/F, Oliv, 15 Sharp Street East, Causeway Bay
4. Pho Bay
Pho Bay in Discovery Bay Plaza features traditional Vietnamese dishes with a modern twist.
Shop G08B, DB Plaza, 1 Discovery Bay Road, Discovery Bay
5. Sophia Loren House
The four-storey building will reopen in mid-April and have four distinct dining and entertainment concepts:
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Sophia Loren Pizzeria, offering Neapolitan pizza on the street level;
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Casa Sophia Loren, an Italian seafood restaurant on the first floor;
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Stage, a 1970s-inspired venue with live performances and a dance floor; and
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Pellicola Rooftop, a rooftop bar overlooking Johnston Road, perfect for evening cocktails.
Woo Cheong Pawn Shop, 60-66 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
6. The Mistral
The InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong is reopening its Italian restaurant, The Mistral, on the first floor of the hotel.
Under the direction of chef Fabio Guaglione, the restaurant will offer a menu highlighting regional Italian specialities and locally sourced ingredients.
1/F, InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong, 70 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
7. Yakitoriya Hon
The menu includes home-made tsukune (Japanese chicken meatballs), chicken tendons, A4 Kagoshima Wagyu beef, slow-cooked chicken liver and grilled oysters.
Customers are welcomed with a hot chicken soup that has been simmered for hours.
Shop 8-11, Two Art Lane, 1 Chung Ching Street, Sai Ying Pun
8. Busan Night
To experience a night out in South Korea without actually flying there, head to Busan Night in SoHo, Central.
The menu features items such as a half-metre-long egg roll, fish cake soup and pork belly – which is a stand-out and is grilled tableside by the staff. And what is a night out in South Korea without karaoke? The restaurant offers private rooms on the second floor for you to sing your heart out.
28 Staunton Street, Central
9. Big Pink
The highlight is the 12-hour smoked American brisket, alongside baby back ribs and smoked turkey. It also offers a selection of savoury small plates that add a lighter touch to the menu.
Shop A, Tai Shan House, 32-34 Tai Ping Shan Street, Sheung Wan
10. Yakiniku Horumon Takeda
This Japanese barbecue chain has over 40 outlets in Japan and is opening its first overseas branch in Hong Kong at New Town Plaza in Sha Tin, in the New Territories.
‘Like going to the theatre’: a Michelin-star open kitchen in Hong Kong
‘Like going to the theatre’: a Michelin-star open kitchen in Hong Kong
It specialises in affordable barbecue and has a 60-minute all-you-can-drink lemon sour on tap. The menu features affordable meat options including A5 Wagyu beef ribs, an offal mix platter and salted beef tongue.
Shop A325, Phase 3, L3, New Town Plaza, Sha Tin
11. Master Low-Key Food Shop
One of Shau Kei Wan’s best-kept secrets – a humble backstreet snack shop – is branching out to Causeway Bay, offering the same high-quality waffles that are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. Check out the salted egg waffles.
Shop A, Mayland Court, 1-7 Shelter Street, Causeway Bay
12. Lin Heung Tea House
Lin Heung Tea House has had a fresh refurb and a takeaway tea counter has been added to the first floor, but do not worry – the rustic dim sum steamers are still rolled out in trolleys by (hopefully still grumpy) “aunties”.
160 Wellington Street, Sheung Wan